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Govt ‘missing in action’ on digital SMEs

More needs to be done to help Australian SMEs improve their cybersecurity and digitisation, with the government’s handful of policies in the space so far proving underwhelming, the Labor...

$650m boost for local tech: Taylor

22 August 2017 | by James Riley

The Australian Government will today unveil a raft of technology procurement reforms that aim to drive an additional $650 million in Commonwealth spending to small Australian companies each year. Under new...

Jack Ma: SME’s own the future

12 October 2016 | by James Riley

Having a proven entrepreneurial nose for making the right (serial) bets on the next big trends in all things digital – including changing customer behaviour – and then spinning...

Grant competition to attract SMEs

19 September 2016 | by James Riley

The federal Department of Industry steadfastly refuses to call it a procurement policy or an industry development program, but the Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII) is a new...

SMEs the engine room for growth

24 August 2016 | by Stuart Kennedy

Small businesses and startups need to lift their awareness of intellectual property issues and lock down IP early to protect their grey matter assets, according to the IP Australia....

New SME tools from IP Australia

17 August 2016 | by James Riley

Intellectual Property (IP) is one of the key battlegrounds of the information age. IP issues are important as never before as business processes evolve. The key differentiator between many...

SMEs still not in love with digital

12 July 2016 | by James Riley

Accounting firm Bentleys has published its biannual Voice of Australian Business report, based on an online survey of 350 Australian small to medium enterprises (SMEs). A key finding is...

Marketplace: good news for SMEs

7 December 2015 | by James Riley

The Digital Marketplace announced today as part of the Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda is a big win for startups and small to medium sized technology businesses, giving...